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Verbenaceae
Citharexylum flexuosum
Citharexylum flexuosum
Also known as Citharexylum flexuosum var. subglabrum, Rauvolfia spinosa, Citharexylum retusum, Duranta buxifolia
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tree · Ornamental · Peru · South America · Verbenaceae · Rare · Fragrant Flowers · Slow Growing · Woody · Tropical Montane
Citharexylum flexuosum is a slow-growing ornamental tree from Peru in the Verbenaceae family, valued for its fragrant flowers and attractive form. It prefers partial shade to dappled light and consistently moist, well-drained soil in a sheltered garden position. This species is extremely rare in cultivation and is primarily of interest to collectors of South American or rare woody plants.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist and allow the top 2 inches to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 16.7 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Peru
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
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